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'NEILL ROACI-I, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

DEVICE FOR RECEIPTING' BILLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Application filed November 12, 1909. Serial No. 527,616.

of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Device for Receipting Bills, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to receipting bills by collectors and drivers of delivery wagons, and the objects of my improvement are,

accuracy in keeping accounts; convenience for collectors and drivers in issuing receipts for money collected, especially in inclement weather, when the hands are liable to be wet or cold and writing is difficult, by providing printed nonraisable vouchers to be conveniently attached to bills and a stub, which is a credit memorandum showing perforce the amount of the severed receipt; saving of time; and the prevention of dis- These objects I attain by means of the device hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, is a face view of the voucher blank intact; Fig. 2, a face view of the stub after severing the voucher; and, Fig. 3 is a face view of the voucher severed from the stub.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Disagreements sometimes arise between a customer and a merchant, by reason of improper or indistinct reading of a bill; or if the bill has been only partially paid, by an error in giving the proper credit by the collector. It also sometimes occurs that the collector fails to turn in the proper amount collected, and the merchant may therefore inadvertently send an erroneous bill to the customer. Errors of this kind are sometimes not discovered until considerable time has elapsed after the date of the transaction. By my improvement these difliculties are avoided.

I have provided a receipt-voucher (Figs. 1, 2 and 3), which is in the form of a rectangular slip of paper, 1, printed and preferably padded. The slips 1 are preferably provided with a serial number, 3, on the upper and lower portion. The upper or stub portion, 4, of the receipt-voucher 1 has printed upon it the words, Cashiers stub of collectors receipt slip. Credit, followed by a blank space, in which is to be written the payers name and address. Below the stub 4 is a portion, 5, provided with series of printed figures representing amounts in the several denominations of money. Between these denominational series may be formed slits, 6 and 7, in the paper, to facilitate severing. Below the denominational series is a portion, 8, upon which is printed the word Paid, followed by a blank space for inserting the date of payment. This in turn is followed by the words, The highest amount shown in each above columns, (or serles). Of no value except when attached to bill of. This is followed by a blank space for inserting the name of the payer. Then follows the name of the payee, which may be printed, and this is followed by a blank space in which is to be written the name of the collector. This portion is preferably provided with a gummed surface, 9, (Fig. 5) on its rear surface. When a bill. is paid the collector se vers the paper in the portion 5, or the several series, between the figures representing the denominations paid and the figures representing the next higher amount (Figs. 2 and 3). The portion the retains as a stub and turns it in to the payee. The portion 8 is securely attached, by the gummed surface 9, to the bill and forms the receipt, and the collector delivers it to the payer. The portion 8 is not to be detached from the bill and is regarded as void if detached.

The figures in the denominational series are plainly printed, so that there can be no diificulty in reading them, and no mistake can be made as is frequently the case with written figures.

The stub 4, when turned in at the office, shows in the extremities or lowest amounts of the series perforce the amount which has been paid by the customer or payer and receipted for by the collector, and proper credits may be easily made by the bookkeeper. If there is any discrepancy between the amount received by the collector and the amount turned in it will be readily and unfailingly discovered and the error may be corrected at once and a misunderstanding between the proprietor and the collector, as well as between the payee and the payer, may be avoided. The stub 4 when turned in with the cash collected is also stamped on the back by the cashier and returned to the collector so that he has a receipt for the money turned in which he may produce in evidence if the cashier or bookkeeper written name'of theflpayerand By, followed by thesignature of the collector, said should make an error.

Having thus described my invention', so that any one skilled in the art pertaining thereto may make and use it, I claim- ;.A receipt form, comprising a printed strip, consisting of an upper, an intermediate and a lower part, the upper part bearing the legends, Cashiers stub of collectors receipt slip and Credit, and the written nameof the payer, the lower part bearing the legends, Paid, followed by the written date, The highest amount shown in each above columns, Of no value except when attached t bill of, followed the upper and lower parts bearing the same serial number, and sald lower part being provided with adhesive on its back, and said intermediate part bearing columns of figures designating money in several denominations, namely, cents, dimes and dollars, or units, tens, and hundreds of cents.

V; NEILL ROACH. Witnesses:

VM. J. SAFER ABRAHAM KNoBEL.

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